Framework 2: Problem Orientation

Intelligence
Promotion
Prescription
Invocation
Application
Termination
Appraisal


Now use this framework to evaluate the decision depicted in this film.

  1. What was the relevant background and information upon which the decision to partition India was made?
  2. Who was promoting which option and why?
  3. What was the final decision?
  4. What was the first implementation of the prescription?
  5. What was the second implementation of the prescription.
  6. Who gained what? Who lost what?
  7. Under what circumstances should the decision be revoked?